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LO: Can I appreciate some of the key documents from Anglo-Saxon times and explain possible limitations?
LO: Can I appreciate some of the key documents from Anglo-Saxon times and explain possible limitations?
Success criteria
Success criteria
I understand the importance of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Beowulf and Bede's History
I can provide some information obtained from these sources related to the Anglo-Saxon people
I can explain some of the limitations of this evidence
Glossary
Glossary
Complete the definitions for your words from last week. If there are any you are unsure of, you need to connect with the children around you.
Your new words to add for this week are:
saga
chronicle
illuminated manuscript
ecclesiastical
conversion
monastery
Let's think...
Let's think...
In trios, discuss and mind-map your ideas about what makes a good historian.
What knowledge do they need?
What skills do they need?
Interpreting and evaluating sources: looking at historical artefacts, discussing and understanding what they can tell us about the past and how useful they are to our understanding of the past.
Interpreting and evaluating sources: looking at historical artefacts, discussing and understanding what they can tell us about the past and how useful they are to our understanding of the past.
Asking these 5 questions can help us with this process:
Asking these 5 questions can help us with this process:
-what? What is the object? A shield? A decorative plate?
-where? Where was an object found? Where was a photo taken? Where was a text written?
-when? When is my source from? Sometimes we can be exact such as a date on a diary extract, sometimes we have to estimate using other evidence and knowledge to help us
-who? Who wrote my source? Who did my object belong to? Who made it? Who buried it?
-why? Why was this object made? Why has it survived? Why was this evidence written? etc
This guide is useful to help us.
In this lesson we will be developing this skill...
In trios...
In trios...
Did you know?
Did you know?
The Lindisfarne Gospels are thought to have been written by Eadfrith, a monk who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721
It is written on vellum (calf skin) using a quill or reed and dark brown ink
Many different pigments are used in the illustration, including lapis lazuli ( a deep blue rock from the Himalayas)
The elaborate illustrations helped people understand the meaning in the book
It was used for worship
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Independently
Independently
Use the 5 'wh' to help you interpret this source:
Use the 5 'wh' to help you interpret this source:
- What is this artefact? What materials were used to make it?
- When was this artefact written?
- Where is it from?
- Who made it?
- Why was it made?
Remember to use your knowledge and skills to help you-what have you learnt about the Lindisfarne Gospels that may help you?
Remember to use your knowledge and skills to help you-what have you learnt about the Lindisfarne Gospels that may help you?
Challenge: what does 'bias' mean?
Challenge: what does 'bias' mean?
Discuss...
Discuss...
- Can artefacts be biased?
- Can any writing be without bias?
- Do you agree or disagree with this statement -
'all sources contain or are subject to bias because each person may interpret them differently.'
'all sources contain or are subject to bias because each person may interpret them differently.'
- Is it better to talk about how useful a source is?
Watch this Beowulf clip part 1 and consider how useful this is as a source.
Watch this Beowulf clip part 1 and consider how useful this is as a source.
Independent: you are going to research each of the sources and decide how useful each source is and if any of them have any limitations.
Independent: you are going to research each of the sources and decide how useful each source is and if any of them have any limitations.
Final task: what can we add to our table?
Final task: what can we add to our table?
Plenary
Plenary
Discuss - Who do you think were more advanced, the Anglo-Saxons or the Ancient Greeks? What makes you think this?
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